David Newsom

David Newsom (born March 10, 1962) is an American actor, producer and fine-art photographer. He is best known for his various critically acclaimed appearances in American television and for his work with Viggo Mortensen and Perceval Press.

Career Photography Along with film and TV work, Newsom is a long-time photographer with and emphasis on fine art photography. In 2005, he collaborated with Viggo Mortensen to create a photo journal called Skip (Newsom's eldest brother's nickname) which was then published by Mortensen's Perceval Press. In June 2006, with Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Brice and Stanley Milstein, Newsom anchored a successful group photographic show entitled Four Tales from Perceval.

In June–July 2007, Newsom held his first comprehensive one man show titled, Three Miles of Idaho, at DCA Fine Art in Santa Monica, California.

Film and television In 2005, Newsom began producing movies, starting with his first short film Mother, written and directed by Sian Heder. In April 2006, Mother won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the Florida Film Festival, a victory which automatically qualified the film for a potential Academy Award nomination. Mother was also selected for the May 2006 Cinefondation Competition of the Cannes Film Festival, where it won third place in a field of 18 films from around the globe. The film was then selected for many other festivals, including the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival, where it received the "2006 Short Film: Narrative Special Jury Prize". Mother continues to play globally, and recently took the Grand Jury Award-Narrative Shorts at the Oxford Film Festival.

In early 2007, Newsom and Heder partnered with The Mark Gordon Company and are in pre-production on the feature film, Tallulah. He produced Open Your Eyes for director Susan Cohen in the summer of 2007. Cohen, a recipient of a 2007 AFI Directing Workshop for Women grant, wrote Open Your Eyes as a tribute to the women she had known who battled and lived with cancer. In May 2008, Open Your Eyes was awarded the AFI "Jean Picker Firstenburg Award of Excellence". In recent years, Newsom has been busy producing adventure/reality television for such networks as: Discovery Channel, Nat Geo and History. From 2010 to 2011, he was a field producer, cameraman and story producer for season seven of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch.

In fall of 2011, he was a field producer/cameraman for seasons two and three of National Geographic's Wild Justice.

Habitat garden consultation In 2014, when his daughter was born, Newsom transformed his lifeless yard into a garden providing habitat for wildlife. He started a non-profit called the Wild Yards Project to inspire people across the country to create habitat where they live and help them get the tools they need to get it done. His goal is for the planet to remain habitable for children. He does habitat consultation in northeast LA and helps design and install gardens.

Personal life Newsom was born in North Caldwell, New Jersey, to a mother who managed an employment agency and an investor father.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/director Sian Heder, with whom he has two children. Newsom has a degree in film production from Ithaca College.

Filmography Actor Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Wes Craven's New Nightmare Chase Porter Film debut 1996 Boys Curt 1997 Black Circle Boys Coach Earhorn 1998 Where's Marlowe? Jake Pierson 2004 A One Time Thing Dillon 2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Agent Type Credited as David Newsome

Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 China Beach Kid Episode 3.05: "Independence Day" 1990 Quantum Leap Lt. Tom Beckett Episode 3.01: "The Leap Home (Part 1)" Episode 3.02: "The Leap Home (Part 2) – Vietnam" 1991 China Beach Leslie Maltbie Episode 4.12: "The Always Goodbye" 1991–1992 Homefront Lt. Hank Metcalf Main cast; 24 episodes 1992 Murder, She Wrote Neal Latimer Episode 9.02: "Family Secrets" 1993 Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth Cody Mather Made-for-television film 1994 Sweet Justice Tom Episode 1.01: "Pilot" 1994 Chicago Hope Doctor in Asylum Episode 1.02: "Over the Rainbow" 1994 Murder, She Wrote Henry Wilson Episode 11.08: "Crimson Harvest" 1994–1995 Melrose Place Williams Episode 3.10: "And Justice for None" Episode 3.12: "The Doctor who Rocks the Cradle" Episode 3.17: "They Shoot Mothers, Don't They? (1)" 1995 Sisters Charles "Charlie" Holland Episode 5.17: "Angel of Death" 1996 Touched by an Angel Mark Monfort Episode 2.12: "The One That Got Away" 1996 Sweet Dreams Dr. Jack Renault Made-for-television film 1997 The Big Easy Frank Romeo Episode 1.17: "Don't Shoot the Piano Player" 1997 Rose Hill John Stringer Made-for-television film 1998 Suddenly Susan Kenny "The Hammer" Fleming Episode 2.21: "Pucker Up" Episode 2.22: "5,947 Miles" 1998 House Rules William McCuskey Main cast; 7 episodes 1998 Fantasy Island Unknown role Episode 1.08: "Handymen" 1998–1999 Godzilla: The Series Cameron Winter Voice actor; 3 episodes 1999 Will & Grace Peter Episode 1.16: "Yours, Mine, or Ours" 1999 Judging Amy Jack Overby Episode 1.01: "Pilot" Episode 1.02: "Short Calendar" 2000 Talk to Me Rob Main cast; 3 episodes 2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Gary Voice actor; 1 episode 2004 Like Family Jim Episode 1.13: "Ladies' Night" 2004 The Days Jack Day Main cast; 6 episodes 2005 Inconceivable Dave Cohen 5 episodes (4 unaired) 2005 24 Scott Borman Episode 4.08: "Day 4: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m." 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Hayden Michaels Episode 5.17: "Compulsion" 2006 Without a Trace Brian Sullivan Episode 4.19: "Expectations" 2006 Windfall Frankie's father / Pa Townsend 4 episodes 2006 Runaway Randy O'Connor 2 unaired episodes 2007 Dirt Jimmy Ray Banheart Episode 1.10: "The Sexxx Issue" 2007 CSI: Miami Will Bedford Episode 6.03: "Inside Out" 2007 Private Practice John Burton Episode 1.05: "In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead" 2007 Ghost Whisperer Tony Cahill Episode 3.09: "All Ghosts Lead to Grandview" 2008 The Mentalist Michael Bennett Episode 1.04: "Ladies in Red" 2009 Supernatural Brian Carter Episode 4.11: "Family Remains" 2011 Men of a Certain Age Mark Elliott Episode 2.05: "And Then the Bill Comes" 2015 Orange Is the New Black Guru Mack Episode 3.07: "Tongue-Tied"